Cochrane has released a new Special Collection Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to clinical rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an essential health strategy, alongside promotion, prevention, treatment, and palliative care. Rehabilitation focuses on the overall functioning of the whole person, including comorbidities. Consequently, rehabilitation of individuals who have experienced COVID-19 must consider not only the consequences of the disease but also the effects of treatments applied during the acute phase. Rehabilitation inherently serves to reduce disability, with broad health, social, and economic impacts.